The canal extends nearly due south to Suez on the Red Sea, a distance of about 100 miles, through barren wastes of sand and an occasional lake. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
And a society like ours wastes such good material in producing its little patch of purple! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
His emotions responded to the glories of tropica l vegetation in the Brazilian forests, and to the sublimity of Patagonian wastes and the forest-cl ad hills of Tierra del Fuego. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Further, water assists in the removal of the daily bodily wastes, and thus rids the system of foul and poisonous substances. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
But while the careless disposal of wastes may not spoil the drinking water (in the well to be described), other laws of health demand a thoughtful disposal of wastes. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.